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the Coomis family Hssociation 

President 
BURDETT LOOMIS 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 

Vice-Presidents 
HENRY H. LOOMIS ■ CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS 

GENEVA, NEW YORK FANWOOD, NEW JERSEY 

W. MURRAY CRANE T. H. LOOMIS 

DALTON, MASSACHUSETTS STEUBENVILLE, OHIO 

HENRY B. LOOMIS LOOMIS BURRELL 

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK 

MRS. MABEL LOOMIS TODD MISS HARRIET LOOMIS WEBB 

AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS UTICA, NEW YORK 

Executive Committee 
SEYMOUR C. LOOMIS MRS. A. H. PITKIN 

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 

W. S. LOOMIS 

HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS 

Secretary and Treasurer 
MISS JENNIE LOOMIS 

WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT 

Historian 
MRS. HARRIET E. B. LOOMIS 

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 



Cbe Coomis Genealogical JI$$oclation 



President and Chief Annalist 
ELISHA S. LOOMIS 

BEREA, OHIO 



Secretary and Treasurer 
MRS. A. H. PITKIN 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 

Associate Secretary and Treasurer 
MISS GRACE LOOMIS 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 



Assistant Annalists 



JAMES P. BAXTER 

PORTLAND, MAINE 



MRS. HARRIET E. B. LOOMIS 

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 

MISS HARRIET LOOMIS WEBB 

UTICA, NEW YORK 

MRS. LOUISE LOOMIS PHILLIPS 

NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS. MARY L. W. LOOMIS 

CHEROKEE, IOWA 

MISS LUCY A. BRAINARD 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 

MRS. THERESA E. KELSEY 

IONIA, MICHIGAN 

MISS FLORENCE A. LOOMIS 

NEW YORK CITY 



SEYMOUR C. LOOMIS 

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 

CHARLES E. BOOTH 

NEW YORK CITY 

WALTER T. LOOMIS 

INDEPENDENCE, KENTUCKY 

CHARLES JOEL LOOMIS 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 

G. H. VINING 

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 

JOHN T. LOOMIS 

WASHINGTON, DIST. OF COLUMBIA 

ALFRED L. HOLMAN 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 

D. ALDEN LOOMIS, M.D. 

CLEVELAND, OHIO 



Co tbe Bouse of Coomis 

Address of Welcome delivered at Reunion of the Loomis 
Family Association at Hartford, Connecticut, 
September Twenty - seventh, Nine- 
teen Hundred and Five 

By Arthur L. Shipman 

We have met, I take it, not only to do honor to the memory of 
one Joseph Loomis and certain of his worthy and public-spirited 
descendants, but to extend and receive the warm grasp of kin and fel- 
lowship. I must apologize in this company, although not on other 
occasions perhaps, because my surname is not the name that^ the 
maker of this address should bear. My name is not " Loomis," nor 
even " Lomas," but Joseph's daughter Mary married John Skinner, 
of Hartford. So through nine generations of New England history, 
our Loomis book has made the tracing an easy one to our common 
ancestor. We, who are of the female branches, can take what satis- 
faction we can in remembering that we are more numerous, if not so 
important, as you of the male lines. Although I am a guest, as it 
were, I esteem it a great privilege to welcome you, the Loomises, 

here to-day. 

We know your past, and the doings of your family. We remem- 
ber its connection, through two and one-half centuries, with things 
worth doing and things well done. We are proud of the reputation 
of this family throughout the land, due not to wealth or so-called 
station, but to its accomplishments in the arts, in science, in scholar- 
ship, and for the public service. 

We throw open to you the doors of the ancestral home, a house 
proud of your coming and unashamed of its old-fashioned rooms and 
surroundings. We of the family who have stayed here have faith to 
believe that if we have not done what some of you have done, we have 
kept to the teachings of that old house in thrift and honesty and fair 

dealing. 

We are met in the spirit of an honest family pride. We welcome 
you to the inspiration which comes from a reunion of such a family ; 
from the mutual recollection of the achievements of its members, 
and of their families in every branch of life. We pledge ourselves 
that from this reunion we shall go out to better things than we have 
yet done for the name and the land we love. 

The speakers who delivered the notable addresses herein recorded were intro- 
duced to the assembly by Mr. Burdett Loomis, President of the Loomis Family 
Association. 



Cbe £oomi$ Institute Consecrated to American 

Education 

By John M. Taylor 

President of Board of Trustees of The Loomis Institute. 

An address setting forth the organization, condition and purposes of The 
Loomis Institute at Windsor, Connecticut, delivered at the Reunion of the Loomis 
Family Association at Hartford, Connecticut, September Twenty-seventh, Nine- 
teen Hundred and Five. 

IN behalf of its trustees, at your president's request, I am to 
have the pleasure and the honor of stating a few facts to you 
about The Loomis Institute, its organization, condition, and 
purposes. 

May we not first take a glimpse at the historic principles which, 
nearly three centuries after their enunciation, make our government 
what it is, link together the constitutions of the nation and the 
states, and find a new renaissance in the work of family reunions 
like these, and of the many patriotic orders and societies, on whose 
rolls we read alone the names of the descendants of the adventurers 
into the New England : 

"Faith in God, faith in work, — this is the short formula in which we 
may sum up the teaching of the founders of New England, a creed ample 
enough for this life and the next." — "New England Two Centuries Ago." 
(Lowell). 

"The Puritan was hard, severe, sour, sober and bigoted ; but God 
sifted three kingdoms to find him wherewith to plant a free republic." — 
Address, Forefathers' Day. (Curtis). 

"I do not believe in all the beliefs of the Puritan Fathers ; but I 
thoroughly believe in them, in their manhood, their fortitude, their integ- 
rity, their devotion to duty, their reverent recognition of God in their 
public and private affairs." — "The Puritan Republic." (Howe). 

"The Pilgrims and the Puritans did not live in vain. Their influ- 
ence has gone out into all the earth. We are drinking at the fountains 
which they opened. We walk in their light ; and we are to pass on the 
torch to other generations." — "The Puritan in England and New Eng- 
land." (Byington). 

These are the honors paid to the Puritans of Old England and 
of New England, and to their service to mankind, by their kins- 
men of our generation. 

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JOHN M. TAYLOR — PRESIDENT 

These are the present day tributes of the diplomat and poet, 
the orator and reformer, the historian and theologian, not only to 
the men who stood in the ranks of Cromwell's Ironsides, and with 
" the embattled farmers who fired the shot heard round the world," 
but to their fine and unconquerable spirit and devotion which in 
parliament and conventicle, in camp and field, in council chamber 
and meeting house, gave character, inspiration, perpetuity, to that 
great historic movement which Carlyle calls the last of our great 
heroisms. 

We light our altar fires and burn incense to the memories of 
these masterful men, and of the gentle and heroic women who 
shared in their sacrifices and achievements that our matchless heritage 
of government by the people might endure ; and it is not alone what 
the forefathers and foremothers were or were not in birth, station, 
inheritance, environment, that commands our homage, but what 
they wrought out of hard and fast conditions in the colonial settle- 
ments in the New England, that we offer our songs of thanks- 
giving. 

Therefore are we ancestor worshippers; and these are the days 
of ancestral honor, discovery, and exploitation. Vanity, social 
ambition, and preferment may inspire some of the candidates for 
honors in the societies of the day; and shrewd politics, we are told, 
plays a part in conventions and elections; and these are necessary 
incidents; but every monument, memorial, tablet, statue and 
inscription, every neglected God's acre restored and made beautiful 
by the loving hands of the children of the Pilgrim and Puritan, 
voices the spirit of new loyalty and patriotism, and of a new-born 
faith in God, our country, and our fellow-men. 

Is it not fitting to-day, and in this presence, and always, to lay 
stress on what our forefathers ordained here in blood and sacrifice 
and tears'? 

Twenty-six thousand people came over to this land of ours in 
the great Puritan exodus from England, from 1620 to 1640. Strong 
and masterful were many of these men — makers of history — men 
of Kent and Middlesex, of Suffolk and Essex, of whom I may not 
speak, as no time offers; and with the men of Essex came your first 
ancestor, Joseph Loomis, of Braintree, to set down at Windsor in 
the " Lord's Waste." 

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What an environment was his, what an opportunity of acquain- 
tance and of honor, what a share to have in building the temple of 
the Republic I He was the friend and companion of Hooker and 
Ludlow, of Haynes and Wyllys, of Stiles and Phelps, Grant and 
Rossiter, and all the leaders of the three original towns ; doing his 
duty amid the hardships and dangers that confronted the colonists 
in his life at Windsor from 1639 to 1658. 

What a race of men and women in church and state, in all the 
world's busy activities of action and of thought, has sprung from that 
sturdy stock Are they not known to all of us, who do honor to 
their memories this day — physicians, surgeons, artists, physicists, 
journalists, authors, diplomatists, educators, scientists, inventors^ 
statesmen and jurists, soldiers in all the wars of the colonies and of 
the Revolution and of the Union*? A wonderful record is the 
story of their service to mankind. 

It is a pure and princely heritage of truth, of honor, of nobili- 
ty of character, which these men have left to you — sons and 
daughters of the house of Loomis. Will any memorial of them be 
more enduring or more fitting to perpetuate the family name, than 
the one to rise on " The Island " yonder when we or our succes- 
sors have carried to fruition the plans and purposes of the Insti- 
tute's donors whose names are on your lips *? 

Thirty years ago, James C. Loomis, Hezekiah B. Loomis, 
Osbert B. Loomis, H. Sidney Hayden, and his wife. Abbey S. 
Loomis, and John Mason Loomis, petitioned the General Assem- 
bly of Connecticut for an act of incorporation. 

There was a deep and tender pathos, a great sorrow, written 
within the lines of this appeal. Children were not born of some 
of the marital alliances of these good people; and children born of 
others died in the bloom and promise of their youth. 

With none to bear their names in direct lineage, and inherit 
their fortunes, their thoughts were turned to the nurture, protec- 
tion and education of the children of their kinsmen, and others 
upon whom might fall the benediction of their good deeds. 

Earnest study, keen foresight, and prayerful meditation — in 
the old, Puritan fashion — marked the beginning of their philan- 
thropic purpose and wise charity, made perpetual in the special law 
of the Commonwealth. All this stands out in bold relief in the 

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notes, memoranda, family records, and in the last wills and testa- 
ments of the incorporators. 

Is not that a fine and exalted spirit, the spirit of their fore- 
fathers and yours, that rings in the words of James C. Loomis, 
written four years after the charter was granted, and signed by all 
the petitioners and Mary H. Loomis, and entitled a 

"FAMILY TESTIMONIAL." 

"Somewhere near the termination of the year 187 1, or the begin- 
ning of 1872, a sentiment, born of the strong natural love and sympathy 
between us, and intensified by the loss of all our children, crystallized into 
a desire to leave some memento of our lives, failing the natural one of suc- 
cession ; and this finally took the form of a free educational establishment, 
called the Loomis Institute. 

"Those of us now living, admonished by the death of our brothers, 
James and Samuel, that whatever we wish to do, or make known, must 
be done now ; and desiring to make a record of our united sentiments for 
ourselves, and all who in the future may be interested in the story of 
the love and tenderness we bear to each other, moving us to stand to- 
gether, supporting at the close of our lives a common purpose, pledge 
ourselves to the support, care and personal comfort of each other, and 
to remain true and signally faithful to the Loomis Institute, acknowledg- 
ing and accepting the duties incident, cheerfully, lovingly, and devotedly ; 
so that nothing short of death shall divert us from our purpose of mutual 
support; hoping and trusting that some good may come to posterity, 
from the harvest, poor though it may be, of our lives." 

After clothing the body politic and corporate by the name of 
The Loomis Institute with full corporate powers, there came the 
vital question of defining its purposes, and, it is to this point we 
ask your especial attention. With what clear conception of future 
needs and conditions, and under what explicit and simple limita- 
tions were the intentions and plans of these donors written in the 
law. This is the educational clause of the charter : 

Sec 2. This institute shall be, and the same hereby is constitu- 
ted and established for the free and gratuitous education of all persons of 
the age of twelve years and upwards to twenty years in all the depart- 
ments of learning which are now taught or hereafter may be taught in 
the various grades of schools in this country, and also for the purpose 
of maintaining and supplying all those whose condition and circumstances 
may require it, with all those things which may be deemed necessary and 

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proper for their comfort and advancement in useful knowledge, so far 
as the funds of the institute will permit. But no person shall be admitted 
as a student in said institute until he or she shall be adjudged, on exami- 
nation, capable of reading and spelling the English language correctly, 
writing a good, legible hand, and resolving questions in the four rules of 
arithmetic, with a knowledge of elementary geography and grammar, 
and shall sustain a good moral character. In case a greater number of 
persons having the requisite qualifications shall apply for admission than 
the institute can accommodate, then selection from said applicants shall be 
made, first from those belonging to the Loomis family by name or con- 
sanguinity, next from those belonging to the town of Windsor, next from 
those belonging to the state of Connecticut, and next from those deemed 
most worthy, without regard to state or nation, all of which shall be 
determined by said trustees and their successors, or by committees by 
them appointed, in conformity to the provisions of this act. 

Such, then, is the trust committed to us — one which no one 
may venture to administer save in the spirit which gave it life, and 
under a full sense of its solemn obligations. 

Who are charged with these charter duties, and under what 
authority and commission do they serve ? They are acting at the 
request of some of the original incorporators, and under the wise 
provision they made for the nomination and appointment of their 
successors : 

Sec. 8. The said trustees and their successors shall have power and 
authority by a major vote, from time to time, as they may deem expe- 
dient to increase the number of trustees to any number not exceeding 
twelve, and also by a similar vote to fill any and all vacancies that may 
occur by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, at their discretion; 
but after the death, resignation, removal for cause from office, or neglect 
or refusal of all of the above-named trustees to act as such, the number 
of trustees shall not in any case be less than seven; and if the then 
existing board of trustees shall neglect or fail to fill all the vacancies that 
may then exist under the number of seven, for the period of six months, 
or if from any cause at any time there shall be an entire vacancy in said 
board, then the governor of the state, for the time being, shall have pow- 
er, and it shall be his duty, by and with the advice and consent of the 
chief judge or justice of the state, to appoint not less than seven fit and 
proper persons to be and become the trustees of said institute; and the 
persons thus appointed shall be the trustees of said institute, with all the 
rights and power appertaining thereto. 

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The charter fixes the institute site. The trustees have power 
and authority, with the consent of the owners thereof, to select such 
portion of the original homestead of Joseph Loomis, taken up by 
him in 1639, and continued in the ownership and possession of his 
descendants from that day to this, situated upon " The Island," so 
called, in Windsor, in the County of Hartford and State of Con- 
necticut, and any other lands immediately contiguous thereto, not 
exceeding in quantity fifty acres, as they may deem necessary and 
proper. And the location thus selected and determined upon 
shall thereafter become and forever be and remain the site and 
location of said institute, and no person or persons shall thereafter 
have power or authority to take, appropriate, convey, or otherwise 
dispose of the same, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, exchange, mort- 
gage, or in any other manner or form to any person or persons, or 
for any cause or purpose whatever, but the same shall be and for- 
ever remain the location of said institute, and appropriated and 
used for the purposes intended by the donors and by the provisions 
of this act. 

No duty imposed on the trustees, save the establishment of 
educational methods and courses of instruction, involves more 
serious problems than these permissive charter provisions — to lay 
out, improve and beautify said grounds, in such manner and to 
such an extent as they may deem necessary and proper — to deter- 
mine the number, form, dimensions, materials and style of architec- 
ture of the buildings to be erected thereon, and the location of the 
same in said premises. 

It is our present purpose during the coming year, acting 
under expert advices to take some steps in beautifying and 
improving " The Island," by grading, draining, designating road- 
ways and paths, and especially in setting small plantations of trees 
and shrubs, and all with a proper view to the location of the insti- 
tute buildings; and we are not unmindful of your deep interest 
in the preservation and maintenance of " The Homestead." 

On these historic grounds, diversified by hill and valley, 
meadow and upland, and wide river views, rich in tradition and 
hallowed by ancestral memories, there will rise to view, in the 
coming years, the memorials to the Loomis name, consecrated to 
the ends they sought to serve. 

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These important and primary works for the beginnings of the 
institute must be co-ordinate. They must be undertaken with a 
clear and definite knowledge of the end in view, from the outset. 
We shall take no action until we are fully prepared with ways and 
means. 

We shall try no experiments. We shall erect no buildings, 
beautiful and ornate, without resources to maintain them. We 
shall erect none until we know what plans are the wisest to insure 
that "free and gratuitous education," that "comfort and advance- 
ment in useful knowledge," which we are solemnly charged to 
devise, inaugurate and conserve.- We are in the midst of a revolu- 
tion in educational views, systems and results; and who may pre- 
dict what the course of wisdom and prudence may be, at some 
distant day, when the affairs of the institute shall call for practical 
administration, as a school or series of schools of learning? Noting 
on every side the value and success of present-day methods in the 
arts, crafts, trades and industries, and the wider sweep of practical 
instruction and experience, I can only say that, so far as we can 
now foresee, the children and youth who may been trusted to The 
Loomis Institute will go out from it equipped to win their way 
in the world, with both heads and hands. 

Five years ago vacancies caused by death made a reorganiza- 
tion necessary; and the present trustees were appointed by Gov- 
ernor George P. McLean, with the advice and consent of the late 
Chief Justice of the State, Charles B. Andrews. 

The institute cannot be established and maintained, except 
it have ample resources. They are provided, and to be pro- 
vided, by the bequest of the donors whose names you may read 
in the charter, of other members of the familv who hold to the 
same great purpose, and by the gifts or bequests of others who 
may be interested through your good offices: 

Sec 4. The said trustees and their successors shall have power and 
authority to manage and direct the property, funds and effects of said 
institute, all of which shall be exempt from taxation so long as said in- 
stitute shall be maintained and used for the purposes of education, as 
herein intended ; provided, always, that no real estate located in the state 
of Connecticut, held by said institute for investment and not used by 
said institute for educational purposes, shall be exempt from taxation by 
virtue of the provisions of this section. 



JOHN M. TAYLOR— PRESIDENT 

And after the original buildings shall have been completed accord- 
ing to the plans of said trustees, and furnished as herein provided, it 
shall be the duty of said trustees and their successors to cause all of the 
uninvested principal funds which may remain, or which may thereafter 
be received, and which may not be given to the institute for any specific 
purpose inconsistent herewith, and which may not be needed for the 
erection of any other buildings, to be safely invested in the same manner 
as required by the laws of this state for the investment of trust funds ; and 
said funds shall be and remain a perpetual fund, and the rents, issues, and 
profits thereof thereafter shall be used and expended in defraying the 
current expenses of the institute, in the erection of new buildings, and in 
the purchase of books, maps, charts, apparatus, and all other matters and 
things which may be deemed necessary and proper best to promote and 
secure the welfare and prosperity of the institute. 

The present assets of the institute in the treasurer's custody, 
under various bequests of members of the family and the result 
of their investment and reinvestment as trust funds, amount to 
$520,000. This is a conservative estimate. The securities are 
sound in quality and character, and they are selected by the 
finance committee of the trustees. As it has been publicly 
noted elsewhere, we think it proper to also state that when the 
life estate of his widow, Mary H. Loomis, ceases (an event which 
we trust may not occur for many years), except five per cent 
going to various persons, the institute will receive the properties 
bequeathed to it by the late Col. John Mason Loomis — of whose 
last will and testament one of the trustees is an executor — estimated 
at $1,120,000. The institute therefore has either a present or 
vested interest in property worth, at a reasonable present valuation, 
$1,640,000 — a great benefaction, dedicated to one of the noblest 
of purposes, and to be administered, we trust, now and always, in 
the spirit which illumines these words in Colonel Loomis' will: 

"Hoping to leave some mark for good upon our race and time, 
we present to the Loomis Family this their Hearth Stone, and endow it 
with all we have; inviting them to rally round it as their shrine, from 
which their boys and girls shall take the highest inspirations for better 
and grander lives, from the best of their race who have gone before, and, 
like them, ever keeping the banner of human progress, honor and man- 
hood, to the front." 

We trust that every one here has visited " The Island," " The 
Homestead " and " The Hearth Stone," and feels the uplifting and 

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LOOMIS FAMILY OF AMERICA 

BUILT IN 1640 AT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT 

OLDEST HOMESTEAD IN AMERICA IN 

PERPETUAL POSSESSION OF 

DESCENDANTS OF ITS 

PIONEER BUILDERS 



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the inspiration which such ties and associations alone can give. We 
hope every one has seen our " Loomis Room," where we hold in 
trust and safety — until transferred to the Memorial building on 
" The Island " — the libraries, paintings, portraits, engravings, arms, 
curios, letters, manuscripts (many of them of tender and inspiring 
memories) of men and women of your lineage who have passed on 
and have left these cherished possessions to our keeping. 

A word more and I have done. In this booklet are written 
the purposes, the prayers and admonitions of the founders of the 
institute in the letters of the law. It is our character, it is our cor- 
porate bible, it is worthy of your consideration in its teachings of 
morals, philosophy, and the charity that finds its expression in the 
words : " Write me as one who loves his fellow-men." W^ill you 
take it with you and give it place in your thoughts when you pay 
homage to your ancestors at the shrine of " The Loomis Family 
Association? " 



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Cbe Progenitors of \U Cootnis family and 

Cbeir Descendants 

By Professor Elisha S. Loomis, Ph.D. 

£a/e member of Faculty in Berea College, Berea, Ohio 

An address recalling the achievements of the Loomises in America and 
appealing to the present generation to give it suitable record in the form of a 
revised edition of the Loomis Genealogy; delivered at the Reunion of the Loomis 
Family Association at Hartford, Connecticut, September Twenty-seventh, Nine- 
teen Hundred and Five. 

THE occasion, the place and our purpose are in harmony. The 
past and the future are separated by the present. Our pur- 
pose is to unify them by bringing our ancestors near to our 
descendants. Some fifty years ago Samuel G. Drake said : "Peo- 
ple begin seriously to think that there is no reason they should not 
know something about their progenitors." And Edmund Burke 
once remarked: "Those who do not treasure up the memory of 
their ancestors do not deserve to be remembered by posterity." Also, 
Thucydides, the Athenian philosopher, who lived 400 years before 
Christ, expressed these sentiments in still stronger terms, when he 
said : "Both justice and decency require that we should bestow on 
our forefathers an honorable remembrance." 

How thankful we should be that one of our name became 
imbued with this one idea, a record of all who bore the name of 
or were descended from, our common ancestor, the pioneer, Joseph 
Loomis. In the language of Anthony Wood : "A painful work 
it [is] (was), and more than difficult, wherein what toyle hath been 
taken, as no man thinketh, so no man believeth, but he that hath 
made the triall." 

Such was the work of Dr. Elias Loomis, and it is valuable 
beyond estimation. The more one studies his work as to plan and 
purpose the greater it becomes. He modestly called it a catalog 
of names, and from one isolated standpoint such it is. But inter- 
nally it is vastly more ; it is the basis of what this association now 
hopes to realize, and what he evidently foresaw and surely hoped 
for, a "complete family genealogy," second to none heretofore 
published. 

He did so well what he did do that it is hardly possible to 
improve upon it; in fact, we only hope to supplement it, as we 

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ought, by making mention of and giving credit to those who have 
earned a name and a place, and among the first of this list we must 
write the name of Dr. Elias Loomis, of Yale College, author and 
original investigator, and a pioneer in a multitude of fields hereto- 
fore unexplored. 

This association is about to undertake a stupendous work in 
bringing out a revised edition of our genealogy, and if it is as suc- 
cessful in the completeness of its work as was Dr. Elias Loomis in 
his it will have earned for itself the praises of posterity. Above all, 
let it be adorned by pictures of places and persons worthy of a page 
in such a work. 

Serious questions confront us at the outset. Shall we follow 
the plan of numbering set forth in Dr. Loomis' work, or shall we 
adopt the system of the New England Register and Genealogical 
Journal? This and other vital and important questions must be 
met and answered. But that they will be solved so as best to serve 
our purpose goes without question. And, in addition to the matter 
contained in the present edition, and that of a like nature which 
will naturally come to the new edition, it should be the purpose of 
this association — and it is — to include such historical records relat- 
ing to our first forefathers as are now extant; by your permit I 
shall mention some of them, viz.: a copy of the will of John 
Loomis of Braintree, England, the father of our ancestor, Joseph ; 
a copy of the will of Robert White, the father-in-law of Joseph ; a 
copy of the administation of the estate of our ancestor, Joseph ; a 
copy of the map of Old Windsor, showing the location of the 
"Island," the original homestead of Joseph Loomis, of which the 
Connecticut Magazine^ Vol. VI., No. 7, p. 463, contains a good cut, 
and other historical document or record, relating directly to our 
early ancestors, either in Old or New England. In this way we 
will make it truly a record, as the Psalmist says (Psalm LXXVII, 
3-6), of those things "which we have heard and know and our 
forefathers have told us. . . . That the generations to come 
might know them, even the children which should be born, who 
should arise and declare them to their children." 

Formerly a name found in any one of the three learned profes- 
sions received more attention and was alloted more space in print 
than if found elsewhere ; but in this latter day of general leveling 

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up caused by our excellent system of universal public education 
there are many other callings which rank socially and intellectually 
as high as the former, and therefore, there are those in other callings 
— that of the teacher, the scientist, the artist, the author, the mili- 
tary man, the stage, the inventor, and the business man — whose 
names shall receive attention commensurate with their success, and 
space for such historical statements as are necessary to render the 
same instructive and entertaining must be apportioned to such. 
For as we read in Ecclesiasticus (XLIV, 8, 9): "There be of them 
that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be 
reported. And some there be which have no memorial, who are 
perished as though they had never been; and are become as though 
they had never been born; and their children after them." 

All this will require three things : time, labor and money; but 
these three things, backed up by the everlasting pluck and plod of 
Dr. Elias Loomis, made his work what it is, and now shall we 
expect more for less"? Some of us must give the time, some m.ust 
labor, and some, blest more than others in worldly goods, must fur- 
nish the money. Without money the elements of time and labor 
are handicapped. But this association, through its stock subscrip- 
tion plan, the evolution and successful completion of which is due 
to your president, Mr. Burdett Loomis (see details of said plan 
enclosed herewith), makes it possible for every one to do something, 
and for the doing he will receive, in due time, an heirloom of great 
value — his family history from 1639 to date. Let every one, as 
every one ought, subscribe for one or more shares of this stock, and 
thereby make possible this noble undertaking. And let us not for- 
get that with the continuous use of all three of these ever necessary 
elements will it necessarily follow that every important fact will be 
properly placed, for, as Plato says: " As it is the commendation of 
a good huntsman to find game in a wide wood, so it is no imputa- 
tion if he hath not caught all." 

It is a fact patent to the genealogist that persons who will not 
take the trouble to send a record of their family are often blamed 
by their children or grandchildren for not having done their duty- 
Daniel Webster, on December 22, 1845, ^^^^ • "^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^° 
recur to the history of our ancestors. Those who are regardless of 
their ancestors do not perform their duty to the world." 

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If all who may contribute in any way any fact, be it ever so 
little, could come to realize these sentiments and also that " any 
labor that adds to our knowledge of the descent of a family, or 
gathers the scattered facts of a genealogical line into a simple his- 
tory, is of the highest value and deserving of the warmest praise," 
then we who may be called to collate, classify and index the same, 
would be very greatly helped, for sometimes an isolated fact is the 
key by means of which a thousand names are quickly classified and 
a whole genealogical line established. Let each and every one 

Attempt the end and never stand to doubt, 
Nothing's so hard but search will find it out. 

Turn to what field of labor we may and we find high up on 
the roll of honor, one or more whom we can claim as kinsman. In 
many cases their names have been written there since 1875, the 
date of our present edition. Such are deserving of more than cat- 
alog mention in the proposed edition that those who come hereafter 
may read and emulate their example. Pardon m^e if I reiterate 
what you each may have in mind; but, by way of suggestion, let 
me hurriedly recall a few names of such kinsfolk as have earned a 
name, and by their work have built their own monument. 

In the ministry the roll is long, very long ; a few are, viz.* 
Rev. Theo. B. Lyman, Rev. Hubbel Loomis, Rev. Chauncy L. 
Loomis and Rev. Samuel Lane Loomis ; these and a host of others 
as worthy as these have devoted themselves unsparingly to the 
spiritual needs of their fellow-beings. 

In the missionary field any family might be proud of such 
names as Rev. Henry Loomis of Japan, Rev. Wm. H. Gulick of 
Spain, Rev. Wm. A. Benton of Syria, Rev. Oliver P. Stark, mis- 
sionary to the Choctaws, and Rev. Lorrin Andrews, missionary to 
the Sandwich Islands. In fact, our encyclopedias of to-day would 
not be complete without mention of what Lorrin Andrews has 
done for the uplifting of humanity. 

When I turn to the field of the physician and surgeon I find 
high on the roll of honor the names of Dr. Jamin Strong of Cleve- 
land, Ohio; Dr. Samuel B. Ward of Albany, New York; Dr. 
Edward Beech Loomis, Dr. Ezra S. Loomis and the distinguished 
Dr. Alfred L. Loomis of the sanitarium, and scores of others, who 



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have striven hard to alleviate the aches or conquer the "White 
Scourge" of suffering humanity. 

As mayors, jurists, judges, consuls and statesmen I read such 
names as Hon. Jas. P. Baxter, present mayor of Portland, Maine; 
Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis, Hon. Joel W. 
White, Rufus Mead, Charles Otis Shepard, Andrew W. Loomis, 
Hon. Norman B Judd, Senator Morgan G. Bulkeley, Ex-Gov- 
ernor McLean, Judge Nathaniel Shipman, James C. Loomis and 
Francis B. Loomis, lieutenant-governor of Connecticut ; Arphaxad 
Loomis, Congressman; Senator W. Murray Crane and Governor 
Hunt of New York, and these are only a few of those who have 
striven hard to make their country first among the nations ot the 
earth. 

Passing over an army of self-sacrificing teachers in our public 
and preparatory schools, many of whom are the very salt of the 
earth and are as worthy of mention as the following from our col- 
leges and universities, I shall name : Rev. John Barbour of Trinity 
College; Dr. Shubael F. Bartlett of New York Institute; Rev. 
Lucas Hubbell of Vermont University; Ebenezer Kellogg of 
Williams College; Rev. Hiram Mead of Oberlin College; Deni- 
son Olmsted of Yale College; Silas L. Loomis of Howard Uni- 
versity, D. C. ; John C. Loomis of Alabama University; Rev. 
Aaron L. Chapin, president of Beloit College, Wisconsin; Rev. 
Heman Humphrey, president of Amherst College, Massachusetts; 
Dr. Justin R. Loomis, president of Lewisburgh University, Penn- 
sylvania ; and Rev. George Loomis, president of Alleghany Col- 
lege, each and every one of whom merits great praise for his untir- 
ing efforts in the educational field. 

As artists there are the names of Frederick E. Church, land- 
scape painter. New York City ; Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape 
gardener, New York City; Osbert B, Loomis, and our own H. H. 
Loomis : they with many others have made for themselves a place 

in the world of the beautiful. 

In the field of science, as originators and inventors, we must 

not forget John W. Barber of New Haven, Connecticut; Samuel 
Colt of Hartford, Connecticut ; Dr. Elias Loomis of New Haven, 
who has written his name in large letters here as well as a genealo- 
gist; and, greatest of all, Dr. Mahlon Loomis of Washington, D. C, 

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original discoverer and inventor of world-famed wireless (Aerial, he 
called it) telegraphy, in 1865. This he demonstrated, beyond 
doubt, in 1868, by sending many messages between two stations in 
Virginia, eighteen miles apart, and at sea, Chesapeake Bay, between 
two ships two miles apart. 

But Dr. Loomis' fate was that of many another who has lived 
and thought ahead of his time. For his patient and untiring efforts 
he received the scoffs and sneers of his fellow-men. And, passing 
strange it was that his path must cross both the " Black Friday " 
crisis and the " Great Fire of Chicago." Was it the " fortuitous 
concurrence of circumstances," or was the hand of Providence in it*? 
Who can tell*? Nevertheless, each of these awful calamities brought 
all his plans, through the financial failure of the monied men of 
New York and Chicago, whom he had interested with him, to 
naught. And Congress, in his application for $50,000 January, 
1869, so that he might complete the demonstration, and which 
Hon. Charles Sumner presented, delayed and deferred action until 
1873, at which time his bill passed the Senate, but ultimately the 
matter was indefinitely postponed, although Dr. Loomis had 
received letters patent July 30, 1872. 

And thus again the U. S., by its want of foresight, lost what 
has lately become one of the great commercial factors of the age. 
Dr. Loomis died in 1886, and in less than a quarter of a century 
thereafter his cherished dream, so eloquently portrayed by Wendell 
Phillips in his lecture on " The Genius and Mechanism of the 
Saxon Race " became a reality. Who is not proud, to-da}/, to 
belong to a family which produced the discoverer of the greatest 
invention of the age — Wireless Telegraphy? 

Let me quote what another, Judge George Loomis, has writ- 
ten: "It is not the purpose of this article to disparage the ingenuity 
of Signor Marconi or pluck a single laurel from his brow, but sim- 
ply to rescue from forgetfulness the genius, persistent efforts and 
discouraging struggles of the original inventor of the system of tele- 
graphing without wires, which involved every principle claimed to 
be of recent discovery. The merit of this grand conception and 
of the first test of its practicability, made more than a quarter of a 
century ago, belongs to the United States. After 1873, until the 
time of his death in 1886, the struggles of Dr. Mahlon Loomis, 

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sing-le-handed and alone, to win for his discovery a recognition of 
its worth form an episode in the history ot American invention and 
of human Hfe, both interesting and pathetic." By nature Dr. 
Mahlon Loomis was a genius, and many were his inventions other 
than the overshadowing one of Wireless Telegraphy. Letters now 
in the possession of Mrs. Harriet E. B. Loomis of West Spring- 
field, Massachusetts, written in the forties, prove the wonderful 
resources of his brain, and this, with that indomitable will of his, 
made of every obstacle a stepping-stone to a higher plane of action. 
Let justice be done him. 

Of that army of " sturdy men who contributed no mean share 
towards making good our Declaration of Independence in 1776, 
and in saving our country from disruption in 1861," the army and 
the navy furnish such names as Samuel R. Franklin and Captain 
Owen Tuder of the U. S. Navy; Captain Gustavus A. Hull, 
Charles T. Baker, Lieutenant Lebbens Loomis, Major General 
Wm. B. Franklin, Major General James S. Wadsworth and Brig- 
adier General Gustavus Loomis of the U. S. Army, and the Hon. 
Gideon Welles, secretary of the U. S. Navy from 1861-9. 

And next to these, on the roll headed Engineers, such names 
as Frank Gillman, Ichabod L. Skinner, Hiram Burnham, surveyor 
of the Northeastern boundary of the United States, and Charles L. 
Loomis appear. 

A short time since I chanced to refer to the index of the Con- 
gressional Library at Washington, D. C, and there I discovered 
that said library contained the works of twenty-three authors by the 
name of Loomis, and the thought occurred to me that one of the 
first things the institute, of which this association is an exponent 
ought to do is to make a collection of all the works published by 
authors bearing the name of Loomis. Let me suggest that this 
worthy undertaking be assigned to our kinsman, the accomplished 
and efficient librarian, Mr. Frank B. Gay. Let there be an alcove 
dedicated to this collection, yes, let us go further; let us dedicate a 
second alcove to works published by those directly descended from 
a Loomis, designating in the front cover of each work the degree 
and line of descent. Such alcoves will be unique in the field of 
books, and will also come to have great value as the institute 
grows old. This collection ought to be begun at once, as delay 

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only makes its completion the more difficult. Of course, this is 
only one of several suggestions to those who have these matters in 
hand. Possibly all these things have already been considered and 
fully planned for. 

Ot the authors in the Congressional Library index bearing the 
name of Loomis 1 have listed the following : 

Mrs. A. Perry Loomis, Alfred Lebbens Loomis, 

Annie Elizabeth Loomis, Hon. Augustus Ward Loomis, 

Charles Battel! Loomis, Charles Close Loomis, 

Chester Loomis, Chester A. Loomis, 

Dwight Loomis, Eben Jenks Loomis, 

Elias Loomis, Elisha Scott Loomis, 

Ernest Loomis, Frederick A. Loomis, 

George B. Loomis, Plarvey Worthington Loomis, 

Henry T. Loomis, Herbert Norton Loomis, 

Horatio N. Loomis, Justin Rudolph Loomis, 

Lafayette Chas. Loomis, Silas Laurence Loomis, 

William Isaacs Loomis. 

Of those authors descended from a Loomis some are : John 
W. Baker, Sarah M. Lee, Mrs. Albert H. Pitkin, Joel Munsell, 
Rev. Edward P. Hammond, Rev. Charles F. Hudson, Rev. Sylva- 
nus D. Phelps, Dr. Henry R. Stiles, and many others whose names 
I cannot give because I do not know them. Many of those un- 
mentioned, not intentionally, but because of the limited knowledge 
of the writer, are probably more worthy of mention than these 
named, and I hope that the fact that the writer cannot mention them 
will cause those who know of such to make known the facts to us 
that all such may have a place in the new editionof our genealogy. 

In the field of brain and brawn — the business world — those of 
our kinsmen who are worthy to be decorated because ot meritorious 
success, are indeed a goodly number, including bankers, merchants, 
contractors, life and fire insurance presidents, railroad presidents, 
manufacturers, mine owners, editors, publishers, farmers, lumber 
merchants, etc. To recall the names of such would become tire- 
some, but there is one family, the names of whom deserve more 
than passing mention on this occasion; I refer to Col. John Mason 
Loomis and his brothers, they who conceived and so wisely planned 
for and made possible the Loomis Institute, and of which you have 
received so able and complete an exposition to-day from itsefKcient 

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president, Mr. J. M. Taylor. By this act they have not only built 
for themselves a monument more enduring than marble or granite, 
but they have also thereby preserved forever the original homestead 
of our pioneer forefather, Joseph Loomis, and made possible the 
most complete genealogical family history of any family known in 
American history. For what this association may do at this time 
will only prepare the way for future acts of betterment. 

Time forbids further enumeration of those worthy or notable. 
That I have failed or forgotten, in each field touched, to mention 
some more worthy than some named, is, no doubt, true. And for 
these acts of omission I humbly pray your forgiveness and ask you 
to enlighten me. Not that I would not, but that I could not, 
because I knew not is the only excuse I can offer for my short- 
comings. 

With these suggestions I am done. Let the committee 
named by this association plan wisely and well so that, when com- 
pleted, this work shall excel all others in workmanship, illustration, 
useful historical matter and completeness of indexes. Let the gen- 
eral committee call to its aid such subcommittees and assistant 
annalists, which it can in any way interest, and assign such helpers 
such work as ought to be done, directing all so that when all these 
efibrts are assembled the product shall be a complete and unified 
whole, a work so complete that each and every kinsman shall 
desire to own a copy. 

"And here will 1 make an end. And if I have done well, 
and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly 
and meanly, it is that which I could attain to."— II Maccabees, 
XV, 37, 38. 



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3o$epb Coomi$ and m Bo»«« >« ^"Sland 

By Mrs. Harriet E. B. Loomis 

Historian of Loomis Fcvnily Association 

o+^^e in thp Old World delivered at the 
Twenty-seventh, Nineteen Hundred and Five. 

TO keep fresh the memories of our forbears, is a duty which 
we owe, not to them who have ceased from their labors and 
are beyond our veneration-but to ourselves, that we may 
preserve the integrity of our name, and to those who w,ll bear .t 
when our part is also finished. . 

When we were taught in school days of the pnvat.oris and 
sufferings of the founders of our republic, it was accepted as a 
sort of general statement-a tale doubtless true-but hackneyed. 
But when, in later years, we begin at the nearest -d of the cham 
and work back from ourselves, link by hnk, and find that the 
phrase "our forefathers" has a personal meaning-that bone of our 
bone and flesh of our flesh, has toiled and suffered and died, then 
the liberties which we enjoy take on a new significance, our coun- 
try becomes dearer to us, and our ambition is aroused to emula e 
the heroism of our past, or, if our opportunities are small, to at 
least keep the record clean, and to teach our children the value 
beyond riches of a good name. 

A frequent jeer thrown at those who indulge ,n genealogical 
study is that something may be disclosed which is not creditable 
But even so, it is profitable for us to know it, for if we can detect 
the lawless tendencv we have a definite flaw to guard against. 
"Forewarned is forearmed." Thus can the race be bettered. 

Our common ancestor and his English home our emigrant 
ancestor, whose memory is ere long to be nobly honored, is the 
subiect of the sketch I present to you. 

'Forty miles northeast of London, on the great highway to 
the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, are the twin parishes o Bra.n- 
tree and Bocking, which comprise the town ot Braintree once 
kTown as Branctrf, and also as Rayne-Magna. It is situated n 
rising ground beside the river Blackwater, and was the sue succes 
sively of British and Roman occupation. 



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The winding streets are narrow, with mere ledges for foot, 
ways, and the quaint houses, old and new, seem to be built from 
one pattern. 

The two churches, St. Michael's and St. Mary's, fine exam- 
ples of Gothic architecture, each have chimes of six bells, and 
while the former stands in the open, the latter is embowered in 
church-yard trees. 

There are three old inns— the "Horn," "The White Hart," 
and "Six Bells," and also an ancient ale house, with wainscotted 
tap-room, and carved oak mantel, called the Dial House, from its 
sun dial. 

Not far distant is the mansion known for centuries as 
"Dorewards Hall," showing a tall gable, flanked by slender tur- 
rets, with large mullioned windows between. Rayne, the former 
residence of the Earl of Essex is also near by, and the remains of 
the medieval church tower, with massive angle buttresses, pinna- 
cled at the top, may still be seen. Five miles west of Braintree 
are the beautiful ruins of Leigh Priory, and beyond that, is Little 
Dunmow, celebrated for the " Dunmow Flitch," one of those old 
English customs, which seem so grotesque to our American minds- 
The usage established in 1 1 1 1 was that " any person from any part 
of England, going to Dunmow, in Essex, and humbly kneeling on 
two stones at the church door, may claim a gammon of bacon— in 
other words, a smoked ham— if he can swear that for twelve months 
and a day he has not had a household brawl, or wished himself 
unmarried." The Dunmow Flitch " is said to be still occasionally 
awarded, although one might suppose it would be rather hard to 
prove eligibility. 

A description of the English classes, as given by William 
Harrison, an Oxford B. A. and M. A., in an article in the first 
edition of the "Holinshed Chronicle," in 1577, is interesting. 

"We in England, divide our people commonlie into four 
sorts, as gentlemen, citizens or burgesses, yeomen, which are artifi- 
cers, and laborers." The first he explains at some length, which we 
will pass by as it does not concern us. Of yeomen, he says that 
they were "free men, borne English, who might rent their land in 
yearly revenue to the summe of forty shillings, sterling, . . . This 
sort of people have a certain pre-eminence, and more estimation 



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.Uan laborers, and the common son of ^^^^r'^' 
Uve wealthilie, keep good houses, and "- JJ^Vrf *o-makers, 
nf the fourth "sort" were the daie laooicis, 

7, W," the last should be borne in muid, notwith- 
carpenters and taders -the '^f'/''^ ^^ Harrison, fashions 

standing our coat of arms. Also, accord, g ^^^^^_ 

were as forceful Aen as now and were Jv. d y^ ^^^^^^^^^ 
headed tailers"— which shows that they were 
even though rated as^ourth class. ^^^ ^^.^^^^^^^^ ^^_^^^^^._ 

In the t,me -[^"^j^'^^^^ ^^^ ^,3 the halting place for 
^^-^'irtt^'S ::• Si:e£ r^g. ..emnrings, driven fro. 

IT .r,^ TTT look ^rreat interest in, and gave encuuia^ 
II and ill'^^*^ g; ^ .^ ,he sixteenth century, was what 

business. Braimree, theretore, m ^-^^es— notwith- 

^ight be te^ed an up.o-date -^:^^^J^l ^^^ ,, ,ew 
standing the " Dunmow ^^^^^^.^ , ^^^^ "^^;l. The Reformation 

people and new ■^^--^^^^^^^^^^^ of dissent and non- 

was in progress, and Braintree became . ^^^^^^ 

conformity. It saw persecution and marty dom 
and the spirit of change was abroad m the land. 

Then rising afar in the western sea, 

A new world stood in the dawn of the day. 

o^^ tnle^ of the new country spread among the 
Strange rumors and tales ot the ne y^ ^^^^^ .^ 

' 1 talp<; of its wonderful climate, its lertiiny, il 



I^r R S. HARRIET E. B. L O O M I S 

receive this only benefit of Christianity, they were more than fully 

recompensed." He had indeed great schemes for wealth I The 

exchange of Christianity for beaver skins would hardly have been 
attempted between white traders. 

Another item mentioned by Sir George was that "God hath 
provided such means for the furtherance of this enterprise as doe 
stand us in stead of great treasure," one of which "means" was 
"the peculiar benefits of archers, .... amongst those naked 
people." Truly, their mode of conversion was to be persuasive I 

But to return to our subject. In January, 1556, a certain John 
Lomas, a young man of Tenterden, Kent, was examined and 
burned for heresy at Canterbury. What kin he was to us we do 
not know, but that he was the grandfather or granduncle of Joseph 
Loomis is not improbable. 

The account of his trial for heresy, given in "Fox's Book of 
Martyrs," shows certain family traits. When asked if be believed 
in the Catholic Church or no, he answered that he believed so 
much as is contained in God's book, and no more. Seven days 
later he was again examined as to whether he should be confessed 
of a priest or no, and answered that he found it not written that 
he should be confessed by any priest; neither would he be con- 
fessed unless he were accused by some man of sin. When asked 
if he believed in the Catholic church and would be content to be 
a member of the same, he answered that he believed so much as 
was written in God's book; other answer than that he refused to 
give. 

The last of that month he, with four women, the husband of 
one of whom had already been burned, "were burned at two 
stakes, and one fire together, who, when the fire was flaming about 
their ears, did sing psalms. Whereat, the good knight. Sir John 
Norton, being there present, wept bitterly at the sight thereof" 

The traits here displayed, quiet adherence to conviction and 
"dying game," still hold in the blood. 

Sixty-three years later, the will of John Loomis, of Braintree, 
was proved by the executor, Joseph Loomis. The phraseology 
shows a devout. God-fearing nature, who might well have had a 
martyr for an ancestor: 

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^f rr^A Amen I TohnLoomis, of Brain- 
In the name of Crod, ivmen, x, jv^ . . r ^ ^j., 
„ee in ye county of Essex, Tajlor, bemg s>ck of body 
t.'. P^e.-e. ana J^ ^n- an^be.. ..... to 

:XL7« -y'-'Ji^laL Testament tHis four- 

Lenth da'ye of AprUle. in ye yeare of onr Lord God, .6x9^ 

„ mannJr and forme following first, I oommend my 

Sonle into ye hands of almighty god, my Creator. 



X X X X X X 



Ttem- I will, that Joseph Loomis, my sonne shall 
have my little Te'nement or Dwelling house in Bramtree 
aforesaid wherein John Lunt now dwelleth at ye rente o 
fortv pownds, toward ye paying of my debts, with a gar 
de?plotT thereto belonging, adjoining -re unto his ow.. 
And also one stable standing nere the Markett Cross in 
Braintree, at ye rate of thirty pownds, or to be sould to 
the uttermost that may be made of yt. 

Item • I will that all my household stuffe and mov- 
able goods shall be praysed and my son oseph shall 
have tenne pownds worth of them as shall seem fitt to 
him for his own use. 

To his four daughters. Ann Warr. Sara Burton, Elizabeth 
„ ^ T.,nf Peneellv the "remaynder and overplus. But 

?"°U wast t!b'e administered until after the "decease of 
the will was not to De executor, and his son- 

fr: ^illrirlt, su"p:ror; to w^ch he made his .at. 

L£:;.rd\e was app— .-an . - da.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
S-rw-alrr irr- eTeducLl, hut yet a .an of some 

"'Tmay be that by the death of John Loomis, the oiartyr, the 

. ■> T nned into a lower condition than they had formerly 
family dropped into a o ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ 

known, perhap by lo mg p ^^^^^^^ ^^. ^^ ^^^^,^ 

Tn r ji Lrmis. garden plot adjoming that of his son. 
Even then gardening seems to have been an idiosyncracy. 



MRS. HARRIET E. B. LOO MIS 

Two years before the death of John Loomis, occurred that of 
Robert White, yeoman, of Messing, Essex, a village some distance 
east of Braintree. 

From the Parish Records of Felsted and Shalford, Essex, are 
taken these entries : 

Robert Weighte and Bridget Allgar married June 
24th, 1585. 

Joseph Loomis and Mary White married June 30th, 
1614. 

Shalford was the home of Bridget Allgar, where she was bap- 
tized March nth, 1562, and where her father, William Allgar, 
was buried August 2nd, 1 575. After her marriage she continued 
living there until a short time before her husband's death, when 
they remove-d to Messing. Robert White left a bequest of forty 
shillings to Mr. Richard Rogers, preacher of God's word at With- 
ersfields, Essex, which indicates that he was friendly to non-con- 
formists ; and a like sum to Bartholomew Schrivener, minister of 
the Church of God, which implied a continuing interest in the 
established church. Forty shillings to the poor of Messing, and 
nothing to those of Shalford, indicates that Messing was his native 
place. 

His surviving family consisted of Bridget, the widow, who 
with the eldest son, Daniel, was joint executor of the will ; two 
other sons, Nathaniel, and John, who was the younger child ; three 
married daughters, Sarah Bowtell, Mary Loomis, and Elizabeth 
Goodwin, and two unmarried daughters, Bridget and Anna. The 
latter was baptized in 1600, and twenty years later she married 
John Porter, of Felsted, later of Windsor, Conn. Among the items 
of Robert White's wills occurs this : " I give and bequeath to my 
daughter Marie, the wife of Joseph Lummis, of Branctre, one pew- 
ter platter." He also provides for his daughter Bridget, if she mar- 
ries with the approbation and consent of his sons-in-law, Joseph 
Lummys and William Goodinge. 

For his son John, not then of age, he directs that if he should 
marry without the approbation and consent of his mother, and 
brothers-in-law, his legacy of two hundred pounds should be 

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AT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT 



LOOMIS ANCESTORS IN OLD WORLD 

reduced to one hundred. The Parish Register of Messing gives the 
marriage, December 25th, 1622, of John White and Mary Levett. 
William Levett was one of the witnesses of Robert White's will. 
Let us hope that John received the two hundred pounds. Joseph 
Loomis was made one of the supervisors of said will. 

The will of Nathaniel White, of Fering, a village five or six 
miles from Messing, gives his mother, Bridget White, an annuity 
often pounds. The date of this will was June 9th, 1623. It was 
probably for him, that Joseph Loomis' son, Nathaniel, was named. 

One more will may be noted here — that of John Hankins, of 
Braintree, dated and proved in the autumn of 1633, wherein 
Joseph Loomis — one of the witnesses — is spoken of as a " loving 
friend and neighbor." 

What better record of his daily life do we want than this ? 
That he was a man respected for his intelligence and integrity is 
manifested by the offices of trust which he filled. That he was a 
man ot ability is shown from the fact that he was a " woolen 
draper " — that is, a merchant — a position above that of his father, 
and which warranted his wedding the daughter of a man of means. 
But more precious than all is that chance eulogy, " a loving friend 
and neighbor." 

While these local and family affairs were taking place, there 
were events of historical importance. The Plymouth colony had 
become established, also the Massachusetts Bay colony. It was a 
time of momentous emigration — not overwhelming emigration, as 
we know it, but a steady, forceful pushing out into precarious con- 
ditions, by thoughtful men, who rebelled at the irritations, or per- 
secutions at home. 

In 1637, " King Charles made an attempt to sift emigration, 
and gave orders to the officers of the ports to detain Subsidy Men — 
those liable for taxes — or those of the value of Subsidy Men, with- 
out license from His Majesty's Commissioners for Plantations. 
Nor could they permit any men to leave under the value of Sub- 
sidy Men, without an attestation from two Justices of the Peace — 
that he had taken oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and like 
testimony from the Minister of his Parish, of his conformity to the 
Orders and Discipline of the Church of England." 

Nevertheless, the departure continued. Property was con- 



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MRS. HARRIET E. B. LOOM IS 

verted into ready money, supplies were packed, and sent out of 
England, passage was taken on little vessels which would be con- 
sidered unseaworthy in our time, and the long journeys under- 
taken, which consumed weeks and months. The discomfort, hard- 
ships, and dangers that were endured in the transition are beyond 
our conception. And yet, these were but preliminary trials. 

There is one phase of the emigration of our ancestor, on 
which we need not spend our sympathies. Although he left " the 
dear old land," the ties of kinship were not entirely severed, for 
many of the kin came to America. On the " Susan and Ellen," 
with Joseph Loomis and his family, came John Porter — whose 
wife was Anna White (Anna White was a sister of Mrs. Joseph 
Loomis), and their nine children. 

In 1632, in the list of thirty-three passengers on the "Lion," 
the name of John White, a brother, follows that of William Good- 
win, a brother-in-law. They settled first at New Town, now Cam- 
bridge and in 1636 went to Hartford with Rev. Thomas Hooker, 
and both became elders — Elder White being called in 1677 to 
settle the difficulty in the Windsor church. 

Among the passengers of the " Truelove," from London to 
New England, September 19th, 1635, were William Preston 
and his family, the brother-in-law of Joseph Loomis, although 
Preston's first wife, Elizabeth Loomis, had died and the Mary 
Preston who came with him was his second wife. Preston went 
to New Haven, and signed the fundamental agreement January 
4th, 1639. 

The Pengellys also came over, and are supposed to have set- 
tled at Ipswich, and their descendants removed to Springfield in 
1678, living in that part now called Suffield. Several persons by 
the name of Burton came over before 1638 and settled in eastern 
Massachusetts, and the will of Abraham Warr is mentioned at 
Ipswich, in 1654. 

From this, it seems likely that nearly all of the descendants of 
John Loomis came to America, so that Joseph Loomis neither left 
his kin, or came among entire strangers. 

I wish we might know what he thought of the new country, 
during the time that elapsed between his arrival at Boston in July, 
1638, and his settlement in Windsor in 1639. 

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LOOMIS ANCESTORS IN OLD WORLD 

The laws of the eastern colonies must have been disappointing 
to those who wished to escape the severities of the English laws. 

Probably our ancestor did as a modern Loomis would do, kept 
still and did a good deal of thinking. There were several settle- 
ments in the Northeast, and some objectionable features about all 
of them. The New Hampshire colony could not settle their 
boundaries ; the Maine province was too scattered and the peo- 
ple were of a rather poor class; the Providence Plantation had 
too much variety for safety, while the Connecticut River settle- 
ments were liable to Indian attacks — the conversion of the 
heathen not having been as universal as was planned. 

It must have been the Hartford Constitution that brought 
about the final decision — that, and the friends who were already 
there. The right to vote without church restrictions, to take part 
in the making of laws for the good of all, to bow to no author- 
ity outside of their own and their Maker's — that first constitution 
of a republic — what intelligent man could resist it, even though 
it took him to the frontier and its perils *? Certainly not those 
in whose veins flowed brave blood. 

So westward they took their way, " Fearless as ever of what 
might befall," and at Windsor, at the meeting of the waters, 
Joseph Loomis took up land and built his home. 

When he looked down on the rippling rivers, was there a 
pang of homesickness for the distant Black water? And did he 
lay out the garden by the humble log cabin, with a thought 
for those far off English " garden-plotts adjoining?" We cannot 
doubt it. And down through the years has flowed a current, 
which bears on its tide, not only independence, courage, integ- 
rity, but withal a love for the beautiful growing things which 
mother nature gives so bountifully to those whose faith and 
works brings them close to her heart. 



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Jl Cribute to tbe name of Coomis 

By Charles Battell Loomis 

An Address by the distinguished American humorist delivered at the Re- 
union of the Loomis Family Association at Hartford, Connecticut, September 
Twenty-seventh. Nineteen Hundred and Five. 

MR. LOOMIS, Mrs. Loomis and all the other Loomises: 1 
can truthfully say I have never in my life stood before so 
fine looking an assemblage, because never before did 1 
see so many Loomises. In the course of some thirty 
years' wandering around the earth, whenever I have seen a man 
who was particularly handsome or particularly grave or particularly 
good, I have always made up my mind he must have Loomis 
blood in his veins, although I have never proved it. I mention 
this because I think trivial things are tiresome and I need to be 
tired. 

As I want to be perfectly sure that my speech is exactly as I 
wrote it, I am going to take the liberty to read it. I used to won- 
der why it was that Fannie L. Davenport was such an excellent 
actor, and last summer I found her maiden name was Loomis, and 
that she was a lineal descendant of Joseph Loomis, and that 
explained everything. What a varied lot of characteristics the origi- 
nal Joseph must have had when we think of the different lines in 
which his descendants have distinguished themselves. Think of 
Professor Loomis of Yale, and Fannie Davenport ; think of the 
landscape gardener and the architect ; think of the Loomises in the 
ministry and the sheep stealers in Middle New York. 

As near as I can make out the Loomises felt they had good 
blood and went around marrying as often as they could to intro- 
duce their blood into other families. In this way we are related to 
Roger Sherman and, in fact, everybody who is worth anything. 
And now we come to a very versatile man. President Roosevelt; 
when we think of what he has done and when we notice how he 
keeps up his record we are perfectly sure he had Loomis blood in 
his veins. I don't like to think what Hartford would have been 
to-day if it had not been for Joseph Loomis. 

Did you ever stop to think how generous the Loomises are. 
Do you remember that first Loomis who gave 2s. (yd. He didn't 
think about it long, but he handed them right over and never saw 

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CHARLES 



B A T T E L L 



E O O M I S 



them again. He gave more than we do and now he is celebrated. 
And that makes me think the Loomises are pretty good in gains, 
but I never came across any that were extremely rich. I think 
this is a case of cause and effect. Who among us remember the 
Loomises who stole the sheep. Let us only remember that they 
knew their business and got away with the goods. What is a 
sheep among friends. They are our kin. 

In the old days the Loomises did not believe in race suicide 
and families of twelve were common. They were truly Americans 
and did not all live in one place, but were spread out all over the 
country until now there are Loomises in every state in the Union. 
I think America need never despair as long as there are Loomises 
to burn. (Much applause.) 

Cbc naetie Eoontis in history 



John Lomas was burnt at Can- 
terbury, England, in 1566, for 
heresy ; that is, for being a Pro- 
testant. 

A tribe of Indians in Alaska 
bears the name Loomis. 

Jonathan Loomis took an active 
part in the battle of Bunker Hill. 

Simon Loomis was a witness of 
Burgoyne's surrender and bore a 
dispatch to General Washington 
notifying him of said surrender. 

The first white child born where 
the city of Buffalo, New York, is 
located, was a Loomis boy. 

Prof. John Loomis, with his 
room-mate Mr. Smith, students 
at Hamilton College, New York, 
walked nine miles, October, 1835, 
to attend the famous " First Con- 
vention," called to meet at Utica, 
New York, to form the "First 
Anti-Slavery Society in the State 
of New York." 



David Burt Loomis Vvas one of 
the twenty defenders of E. P. 
Lovejoy and his fourth printing 
press, in his attack upon slavery, 
at Alton, Illinois, when he was 
murdered on November 7, 1837. 

The original discoverer and in- 
ventor of world-famed wireless 
telegraphy, 1865, was Dr. Mahlon 
Loomis, of Washington. D. C. 

One of the first investigators of 
open-air treatment for consump- 
tion was Dr. Alfred L. Loomis, of 
New York City. 

The inventor and builder of the 
first Electric Police Automobile 
ever built in the world was Frank 
E. Loomis. 

Prof. Silas Lawrence Loomis 
discovered the process by which 
the ores of chromium, theretofore 
valueless, were utilized. 

Gustavus Loomis was a Briga- 
dier-General in the United States 
Army. 



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THE LOO MIS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The name of this Organization shall be "The Loom is 
Family Association." 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECT. 

The object of this Association is to unite in closer friendship 
the descendants of Joseph Loomis who came to Windsor, Conn., 
in 1639, and who became one of the founders of that place. Also 
to honor and perpetuate his memory, to further cultivate a spirit 
of brotherly love, to compile and preserve the family history, to 
emulate deeds of patriotism, and strive for the best and noblest 
things of life. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. x\ny descendant of Joseph Loomis, who shall 
pay one dollar, may become a member of this Association and 
shall be entitled to the rights and privileges thereof for one year. 

Sec. 2. Any descendant may become a life member of this 
Association by the payment at one time of ten dollars. Life 
members shall not be subject to further dues. 

ARTICLE IV. 

DUES, ETC. 



Section i. The business year of this Association shall begin 
with September ist each year. 

Sec. 2. The annual dues shall be one dollar, payable to the 
Treasurer on September ist. 

Sec. 3. Membership may lapse unless payment of dues is 
made within three months after notification by the Treasurer to 
last known address. 

ARTICLE V. 

re-unions. 

Re-unions may be held at such times and places as shall be 
designated by the Board of Directors. 

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DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH LOOM IS— 1639 

ARTICLE VI. 

OFFICERS. 

Section i. The officers of this Association shall be a Presi- 
dent, eight Vice Presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer, and a 
Historian. 

■ Sec. 2. The President shall preside at all meetings, appoint 
committees, not otherwise provided for, and perform the duties 
usual to that office. 

Sec. 3. The Vice Presidents shall, in their order of seniority, 
perform the duties prescribed for the President, during his ab- 
sence. 

Sec. 4. The Secretary and Treasurer shall have charge of the 
membership list and send out reports and notices, and shall have 
charge of all the funds of the Association, subject to the orders of 
the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 5. The Historian shall keep and make reports of re-un- 
ions and have charge of general historical matters. 

ARTICLE VII. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

The President and Secretary-Treasurer, together with the 
Executive Committee, shall constitute a Board of Directors, who 
shall administer the affairs of the Association, execute orders 
passed at the general meetings or re-unions of the members, and 
make reports of the standing of the Association at its re-unions. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of three 
members not holding other office. They shall have the gen- 
eral management under the direction of the Board of Directors, 
and be appointed by the President. 

ARTICLE IX. 

TERM OF OFFICE, ELECTIONS. 

Section i. The term of office for the elective officers shall 
be two years, beginning from date of annual meeting. 

ARTICLE X. 
amendments. 
This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of 
members present at any re-union, previous notice of proposed 
change having been given the members seven days in advance by 
the Executive Committee, and who shall serve such notice upon a 
request signed by not less than ten members. 

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Official Record of tDe Reunion of tbe Coomis 

family Jlssociatton at fiartford, Connecticut, 

September Cwenty-Seventi), nineteen 

l)undred and five 

THE LOOMIS FAMILY ASSOCIATION held a reunion at Hartford, 
Connecticut, September Twenty-seventh, Nineteen Hun- 
dred and Five, MR. BURDETT LOOMIS, of Hartford, 
Connecticut, President of the Loomis Family Association, 
presiding: The Morning Session was called to order by 
PRESIDENT LOOMIS at 10.30 o'clock. 

REV. EDWIN POND PARKER, D.D., Pastor of the South Congrega- 
tional Church at Hartford, Connecticut, offered the Invo- 
cation. 

MISS JENNIE LOOMIS of Windsor, Connecticut, Secretary and 
Treasurer of the Loomis Family Association, presented 
the annual report which was accepted as read. 

MR. SEYMOUR LOOMIS of New Haven, Connecticut, Chairman of 
the Committee appointed to draft a Constitution and 
By-laws for the Loomis Family Association, presented 
the formulated articles which were unanimously adopted, 
and are recorded in full on pages 38-39 of this brochure. 

PROF. ELISHA LOOMIS of Berea, Ohio, Chairman of the Committee 
for publication of revised edition of the Loomis Gene- 
alogy, presented the following report which was accept- 
ed as read : Fellow Cousins, for I think you are all cous- 
ins of mine, your committee after a careful consideration 
of the matter has a proposition to make. I wish you to 
give your whole attention to this question because you 
may not all agree with me but in the main I think you 
will. We have been very careful in the matter ; we have 
tried to make this work out for the best interests of all of 
us and what Ave have done is about this : After thinking 
the matter over from many sides, after weighing the 
different questions that come up in such an undertaking, 
and they are many, your committee has formulated a plan 
which consists of having prepared preliminary subscrip- 
tion blanks ; we want to have every one of you look these 
blanks over and become so thoroughly interested in this 
organization that you will be only too willing to sub- 
scribe your name to this blank. The blank is for this 

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OFFICIAL RECORD CONTINUED 

purpose: By subscribing your name to this blank you 
agree upon call of our treasurer to pay fifty per cent of 
the subscription, ten dollars, and this five dollars is to be 
used in preparing a revised edition of the Loomis Gene- 
alogy, That work has cost Prof. Elias Loomis already 
thirty years of good hard work and it is a 
work that we ought to perpetuate. It is a work that with 
such a basis as Prof. Loomis gave us we can make a 
genealogy second to none in the world. But it will 
require on our part a willingness to help along in every 
way we can. Upon the completion of the work we will 
then call upon you through the treasurer for the second 
five dollars and you will receive a volume or volumes of 
the work. It is not decided as yet whether the work will 
be in one or two volumes but you will receive the com- 
pleted work if you subscribe. Now don't think for a mo- 
ment that this ten dollars will begin to pay for the work. 
It will cost more than that per volume, but you know 
such a work will be of much value and that the amount 
of work in getting it out will be prodigious. The vol- 
umes will probably cost more than ten dollars but those 
who subscribe will receive them for that price. But those 
who do not subscribe and wish the work, will be taxed 
whatever the cost may be. The preliminary work will be 
turned over to Mrs. A. H. Pitkin, of Hartford, who is 
experienced along this line, and when a sufficient number 
of subscriptions have been received to justify us in ad- 
vancing with the work we will proceed as I have outlined. 
The committee will take up the matter and see what must 
be done and the best way to do it ; and each of you will 
receive a report of what has been done up to that time .As 
you know Dr. Loomis of Yale during thirty years of his 
life spent his vacations in travelling all over New England 
and many western states sometimes going from house 
to house and from town to town. He also 
made three trips to England and gathered a 
mass of valuable information so that you may 
know he has given us a basis for a great work. The work 
was published in 1875 and he continued for about four- 
teen years longer to gather material in the same manner. 
This material has been saved and through the kindness 
of his son we will be permitted to use the manuscripts. 
The work is complete down to 1887 but from 1887 to 
1905 is the gap that we will have to fill up and every one 
of us will have to help ; but when it is done we will have 

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a most valuable work indeed. The committee will act 
with an eye single to your good. It will do nothing that 
will not be for the benefit of everyone of you. That is 
our attitude. What we want is your help in this way: 
If you are interested, and I know you are, your very pres- 
ence here this morning testifies to that for here you are 
from all the New England States, from New York, Ohio, 
and even far distant Kansas ; as I say, if you are inter- 
ested we want you to give us a subscription that will jus- 
tify us in going ahead rapidly with this work and bring- 
ing it to as speedy a conclusion as it is possible. Just 
as soon as your committee is satisfied that there are 
enough subscriptions to justify us in going ahead we 
will act and you will receive a report of what we have 
done. You understand it is not necessary to pay any 
money to-day, you simply make your first payment up- 
on the call of our treasurer. Now will you help us? 
We cannot do anything without your help ; do not be 
dilatory for if you go away without having subscribed, 
these little matters are easily forgotten. Therefore let 
it be done to-day. Everything is for your benefit 
and you ought to subscribe and do it at once. Some- 
one asked me this morning what this book would prob- 
ably cost. That is a question no one can answer. It 
will cost us more than it will cost you. We are willing 
to pay the extra cost and are justified in doing so for 
so great a work. And when you take that into con- 
sideration that some of us are giving our time and 
money to get this out, doesn't it seem as though you 
ought to do your part and help us out.' But I am not 
thinking of the work we will have to do. I am think- 
ing of the work Dr. Loomis himself did and what he 
sufifered thirty years ago that we may have this work. 
He sacrificed thirty summer vacations for us. We 
ought to sacrifice something for those who come after 
us. Compare the most that we can give with what Dr. 
Loomis himself gave and you will see that we are asking 
a mere bagatelle. And I feel sure that when this matter 
is presented to you in this way everyone of you will re- 
spond promptly and you will be only too anxious to re- 
ceive a volume of the work. In fact the time between 
your subscription and your finishing the work will seem 
a long delay because it will take such a long time in 
preparing the work for the printer. I say when you 

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OFFICIAL RECORD CONTINUED 

realize what you are going to get for the money you 
pay in, you will act promptly. I thank you. 



HON. WILLIAM H. LOOMIS of Rockville, Connecticut, PROF. 
ELISHA LOOMIS of Berea, Ohio, and Mr. W. 
RILEY LOOMIS of Westfield, Massachusetts, were 
appointed a nominating committee and presented the 
list of officers who were unanimously elected (as record- 
ed on page 5 of this brochure), after which adjourn- 
ment for lunch was ordered. 



AT LUNCHEON members of the association were the guests of THE 
LOOMIS INSTITUTE. 



THE AFTERNOON SESSION of the Loomis Family Re-union was 
called to order by President BURDETT LOOMIS at 
2 :45 o'clock, and the Addresses of the Convention were 
delivered, interspersed with musical selections by Mr. 
Herbert S. Bullard, soloist, accompanied by Miss May 
E. Chapman, pianist. 



HON. ARTHUR L. SHIPMAN, Corporation Counsel for the City of 
Hartford, Connecticut, extended the Address of Wel- 
come as presented on page 7 of this brochure. 



MR. JOHN M. TAYLOR, President of The Connecticut Mutual Life 
Insurance Company, and President of THE LOOMIS 
INSTITUTE, delivered a historical address on the or- 
ganization, condition and purposes of THE LOOMIS 
INSTITUTE, which is recorded on pages 9-17 of this 
brochure. 



PROF. ELISHA S. LOOMIS, of Berea College, Ohio, addressed the 
Association with some genealogical notes regarding the 
Loomis Family in American history, including sugges- 
tions relating to a revised edition of the Loomis Gene- 
alogy, which is recorded on pages 18-26 of this brochure. 

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OFFICIAL RECORD CONCLUDED 

MRS. HARRIET E. B. LOOMIS of West Springfield, Massachusetts, 
Historian of The Loomis Family Association, delivered 
an address on her historical investigations into the 
English ancestry of the Loomis Family, which is record- 
ed on pages 27-35 oi this brochure. 

MR. CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS, of Fanwood, New Jersey, dis- 
tinguished American author and humorist, and a Vice- 
President of The Loomis Family Association, addressed 
the assembly in a vein of pleasure, and his words are 
recorded on pages 36-37 of this brochure. 

MR. ERNEST N. BAGG, of the editorial staff of the Boston Globe, 
Boston, Massachusetts, addressed the convention through 
a letter in which he suggested that prizes be given for the 
best manuscripts written regarding the Loomis Family. 
The suggestions were unanimously adopted and full 
details can be secured by addressing the Secretary. 

Signed, Jennie Loomis, 
Secretary of The Loomis Family Association. 




the Eoomis Tamily J1$$ociation 

Cifc members 



LEAVITT P. BISSELI. (Mrs.), Suffield, Conn. HENRY B. LOOMIS, Yale Univ'ty, New Haven. 

LOOMIS BURRELL, Little Falls, N. Y. Conn. 

CHAS. JOEL LOOMIS, 1311 Michigan Ave., Chi- RANDOLPH B. LOOMIS, 76 Church St., Hart- 

cago, 111. ford, Conn. 

EDWARD A. LOOMIS, 215 Bowen St., Provi- THOMAS H. LOOMIS, Steubenville, Ohio. 

dence, R. I. WILLIAM H. LOOMIS, 168 Prospect PI., Brook- 

HENRY E. LOOMIS, Glastonburv. Conn. Ivn. N. Y'. 

JOHM D. LOOMIS, West Point Hotel, Portland, ARTHUR L. SHIPMAN, 750 Main St., Hartford, 

Me. Conn. 

JOHN MASON LOOMIS (Mrs.), 55 Lake Shore A. W. C. WILLIAMS, 27 Charter Oak PL, Hart- 
Drive, Chicago, 111. ford. Conn. 

J. A. WILEY, 176 Collins St., Hartford, Conn. 

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Rcawlar members 



SALOME LOOMIS ATTLETON (Mrs.), 141 Mam 

Street, Hartford, Conn. 
B. F. AVERY, (Mrs.), Wyoming, N. i. 
ERNEST N. BAGG, Boston, Mass. 
JOSEPHINE KING BARBER (Miss), Warehouse 

Point, Conn. 
S. H. BARBER, Windsor, Conn. 
ALDEN A. BAKER (Mrs.), Colchester, Conn. 
S. ROYCE BRAMON, ^itna Life Ins. Co., Hart- 

JAMES PmNNEY BAXTER, Portland, Me. 
LAVINIA C. BREMER (Mrs.), 48 W. 20th St., 

N Y City 
EVA COLT BAGLBY (Dr.), Yankton, S. D. 
HELEN BRUCE (Miss), 63 Emmet St., Dorchester, 

EMILY H. LOOMIS BLISS (Mrs.), 247 Collins St., 

ANKLOOMinilCKLE (Mrs.), 67 Wilson St., 

CLi^EN^CE^'wiNTHROP BO WEN (Mrs.), 5 E. 

63 St N Y City. 
MABELLE b. CAMP (Miss), 248 High St., Middle- 

JANET^McKAY COWING (Miss), 24 E. Bayard 

St., Seneca Falls, N. Y ^ ,^o -^ »^ ef 
JULIA A. L. CAPWELL (Mrs.), 153 Warren St., 

EM?LY toOMIs" CURTIS (Mrs.), Suffield, Conn. 
SILAS CHAPMAN, Jb. (Mrs.), 335 Windsor Ave., 

Hartford, Conn. ^ ,^ ^, 

Z. MARSHALL CRANE (Mrs.), Dalton, Mass. 
CLARA LOOMIS CRANE (Miss), Dalton, Mass. 
W. MURRAY CRANK, Dalton, Mass. 
CHAS. C. COE (Mrs.), Hingham, Mass. 
ISABEL S. COLEMAN (Mrs.), 9 Columbus Block, 

Greenfield, Mass. 
HARRIET CLARK (Miss), The Harvard, Hai t- 

JANE^lf^DEAN (Mrs.), 61 Washington St., 

HELEN*p!^D^^SL0W (Mrs.), 136 Washington 

St., Hartford, Conn. 
CARLOS DOANB (Mrs ), Rockville, Conn. 
STEWART M. DUNNING, 50 State St., Hartfoid, 

SARAh"p. dibble (Miss), Dorchester, Mass. 
R H W DWIGHT, 67 Franklin St., Boston, Mass 
GEO"RGiEL(DOMIS FORCE (Mrs.), 202 W. 143rd 

JOHN'crOC'kBr'fOOTE, Belvidere, Boone Co., 

JOHN CROCKER FOOTE (Mrs.), Belvidere, 

A. B.° FRANCIS (Mrs.), 72 Niles St., Hartford, 

MARTHA GRANT (Mrs.), 18 Maine St., West- 
field, Mass. ^ ,^ „ 
FRANK GRANT, Westfield, Mass. 
■RAT.PH M GRANT, E. Windsor, Conn. 
MARTHA E GRANGER (Miss), Westfield, Mass. 
CHAS. P. GRISWOLD, 177 Collins St., Hartford, 

MARION E. GROSS, (Miss), 130 Main St., Hart- 

JANE^^'eUZABETH ELLSWORTH GRUSH 

(Mrs.), Manchester, Conn. , , . , 

JULIA I. HAVEMEYER (Mrs.), 131 Washington 

St., Hartford, Conn. 
N. W. HAYDEN, Windsor, Conn. 
MARY LOOMIS HEATH (Mrs.), 114 5th Ave., 

N. Y. City. . ^ 

L W HUDSON (Mrs.), Windsor, Conn. 
WM.'h. HARVEY (Mrs.), Windsor, Conn. 
ALVIN LOOMIS HUBBARD, Windsor, Conn 
GEO E. HOADLEY, 78 Ann St., Hartford, Conn. 
H. P. HITCHCOCK (Mrs.), Garden St.,Hartford, 

MARY°LOOMIS HOLDEN (Mrs.), care of D. F. 

Holden, Palmer, Mass. coo tw„;„ «f 

EDWARD T. HOPKINS (Mrs.), 699 Mam St., 

HENIIYR^ JOHNSON, 313-315 Main St., Spring- 

F. M^^ JOHNSON (Mrs.), 33 Pliny St., Hartford, 
Conn. 



HOWARD T. KING (Mrs.), Windsor, Conn. 
J. L. L. KINGSBURY (Mrs.), Enfield, Conn. 
ARTHUR LOOMIS, 502 Fourth Ave., Louisville, 

Ky- 

A. T. LOOMIS, Erie, Pa. ,^ ^ . . „. 

ALBERT D. LOOMIS, 2518 N. Garrison Ave., St. 

ABNER C. LOOMIS, 31 Franklin St., Akron.Ohio. 
A. G. LOOMIS, 149 Riverside Drive, N.Y. City. 
ACHSAH A. LOOMIS (Mrs.), 1239 N. St., Wash- 

ADDIE^M. LOOMIS (Miss), 1 Garvan St., East 

Hartford, Conn. . „ , v, 

A. A. LOOMIS, 954 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Columbus, 

ANNIE LOOMIS( Miss), 57 Perry St., N. Y. City. 

AUGUST LOOMIS, 130 Oak St., Hartford, Conn. 

ANNA BERTHA LOOMIS (Miss), 12a W. 2d St., 
Dayton, Ohio. „ „ 

ARETAS P. LOOMIS, Feeding Hills, Mass. 

BURDETT LOOMIS, 837 Prospect Ave, Hart- 
ford, Conn. ^^ ,^ 

RRACE W. LOOMIS, Syracuse, N. Y. 

BRUCE B. LOOMIS, 19 Liberty St., N. Y. City. 

BURTON S. LOOMIS. Windsor, Conn. 

BURDETT LOOMIS, Jr., Newton. Mass. 

CHAS. M. LOOMIS, 7454 McClure Ave., Swissvale 
Sta , Pittsburgh, Pa. 

CHAS. N. LOOMIS, Bolton, Conn. ^ ^^ ^ 

CHAS. BATTBLL LOOMIS, Fanwood, N. J. 

C. M. LOOMIS (Miss), 32 Lilley St., Florence, - 

CLYDE LOOMIS, Randolph, Ohio. 

C. W. LOOMIS, Ogdensburg, N. Y. . 

CHAS. COOK LOOMIS, 1300 1st St., Loui8ville,Ky. 

CHESTER P. LOOMIS, Granby, Conn. . 

C. D. LOOMIS, 17 Hawkins St., New Britain, 

Conn. 
CHAS. LOOMIS, So. Coventry, Conn. . 

DAISY JEAN LOOMIS (Miss), The Henrietta. 

W^ashington, D. C. 
DELBERT L. LOOMIS, 120 BoylBton St., Boston, 

EMMA G. LOOMIS (Miss), Jackson, Mich. 
EDWIN C. LOOMIS, 476 E. 72d St., Chic^ago, 11!. 
E. R. LOOMIS. 935 Green St., Danville, Vh. 
EMMA LOOMIS (Miss), 528 Warren St., Hudson, 

Cos. Co., N. Y. 
ELISHAS LOOMIS (Prof.), Berea, Ohio. 
E. L. B. LOOMIS (Mrs.), 101 Warrenton Ave., 

Hartford, Conn. _ „r ^ a-A ^u^m 

EDGAR A. LOOMIS, Saginaw, West Side, Michi- 

ELIZABETH LOOMIS (Miss), Enfield, Conn. 

B JENNIE LOOMIS, 908 College St., Pittsburgh, 

Pa 

FRED.' J. LOOMIS, 126 Chestnut Ave., Water- 
bury, Conn. ,. /~, ,-. 

FRED MASON LOOMIS, Indianapolis Gas Co., 
Indianapolis, Ind. . -a v,^^ 

FRANK M. LOOMIS, 77 Linwood Ave., Buffalo, 

FRED F. LOOMIS, 169 Ashland Boulevard, Chi- 

PLO^rInCE a. LOOMIS (Miss), 1024 Cauld well 

Ave N Y. City. 
FRED W. LOOMIS, 53 31st St., Milwaukee, Wis. 
FRED P. LOOMIS, Yalesville, Conn. 
FANNIE I. LOOMIS, 125 Franklin St., Sandusky, 

FRANK S LOOMIS, 53 Oak St., Springfield, Mass. 
GEORGE PECK LOOMIS, 1137 Stock Exchange, 

G H LOOMIS, 134 Broad St., Westerly, R. I. 
GILBERT J. LOOMIS, P. O. Box 203, Erie, Pa. 
GEO. W. LOOMIS, Omaha, Neb. 
GRACE L. LOOMIS (Miss), 837 Prospect Ave., 

HARRIEtVar"dEE LOOMIS, 628 Buchtel Ave., 

Akron, Ohio. „„ ^^ • i,^ o» 

HARRIET J. LOOMIS (Mrs.), 63 Knight St.. 

Northampton, Mass. . ^ ^ ■ 

HARRIET e: B. LOOMIS (Mrs.), West Sprmg- 

field, Mass. ,„. . 

HELEN P. LOOMIS (Miss), Windsor. Conn. 
HENRY G. LOOMIS, Palmer, Mass. 



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HARRISON LOOMIS, West Springfield, Mass. 
HARRISON LOOMIS (Mrs.), West Springfield, 

HERBERT R. LOOMIS, No. Amherst, Mass. 

HENRY M LOOMIS, Bolton. Conn. 

J. C. LOOMIS, Suffield. Conn. . 

J. H. LOOMIS, IB" Ashland Boulevard, Chicago, 

JOSEPHINE B. LOOMIS (Mrs.), 190 Franklin St.. 

Buffalo, N. Y , ,. ^,^ 

JOSEPHINE M. LOOMIS (Miss), 190 Frankhn St., 

Buffalo. N. Y. ^^ ^^ 

J. F. LOOMIS, 221 East Terrace, Chattanooga, 

Tcnn 
JAMES L. LOOMIS, 50 State St., Hartford, Conn. 
JAMES H. LOOMIS, Attica, N. Y. 
JOHN W. LOOMIS, ^tna Life, Hartford, Conn. 
JENNIE LOOMIS (Miss). Windsor, Conn. 
J. R. LOOMIS, Osborne, Kan. 
J S. LOOMIS, West Springfield. Mass. 
J H. LOOMIS, 503 S. 41st Philadelphia, Peun. 
LVFAYBTTS CIIAS. LOOMIS, Dr. (deceased). 
LUKE LOOMIS, 7230 Jeanette St., Pittsburgh,Pa. 
LUCIEN LOOMIS (deceased). . 

LAURA W. LOOMIS (Miss), 63 Knight St., 

Northampton, Mass. 
MARY D. LOOMIS (Miss), 1793 Sea view Ave., 

Bridgeport. Conn. 
MERRILL LOOMIS, 28 Howe St., New Haven, 

Conn. „ 

MAY LOOINIIS (Miss), Windsor, Conn. 
MARTHA E. LOOMIS (Miss), 7 Buckingham St., 
Hartford, Conn. , , ,, 

MARY AGNES LOOMIS (Miss), 1024 Cauldwell 
Ave., N. Y. City. ^, , 

NELAND LOOMIS, 104 Hungerford St., Hartfora, 

Conn. 
N. H. LOOMIS, Topeka. Kan. 
PHILIP B. LOOMIS, 53 Hillman St., Springfield, 

Mass. . , 

P. B. LOOJIIS CMrb.), Jackson, Mich. 
S. FREDERICK LOOMIS. Addison, Conn. 
SEYMOUR C. LOOMIS, 81 Church St., New 

Haven, Conn. 
SALLIK B. LOOMIS (Mrs.), 1609 College Ave., 

Indianapolis, Ind. 
SARAH E. LOOMIS, New Berlin, Chenango Co., 

N. Y. . ^ 

THOMAS ROSSITER LOOMIS, 320 Farmmgton 

Ave., Hartford, Conn. 
T. N. LOOMIS, Chamber of Commerce, Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 
WM. H. LOOMIS, Rockville, Conn. 
WM. H. LOOMIS (Mrs.), Rockville, Conn. 
WALTER W. LOOMIS, Windsor, Conn. 
W. H. LOOMIS, Bolton, Conn. 
W. F. LOOMIS. 50 Windsor Ave., Hartford, Conn. 
WM. S LOOMIS, Holyoke, Mass. 
WILLIAM A. LOOMIS, Lyndonville, Vt. 
W. D. LOOMIS, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
WILLIS HENRY LOOMIS, 844 North Main Ave., 
Scranton, Pa. 



Iladley Falls, 
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ALICE A. MORSE (Mrs.), 10 Methuen St., Lowell, 

Mass. 
A. S. McGREW (Mrs ). 423 W. 20th St., N. Y. City. 
CAROLYN MONTIETH (Miss), 117 Scotland 

Road, Orange, N. J. 
E. A. NELLIS (Mrs.), 12 Halstead Ave., Winsted, 

Conn. 
FLORENCE LOOMIS PARSONS (Mrs), Mattea- 

wan, N. Y. 
T. P. LOOMIS PEASE (Mrs.), Indian Orchard, 

Ma>s. 
FRED LOOMIS PEASE, care of Hills & Co., Hart 

ford. Conn. 

A. H. PITKIN (Mrs.), 106 Niles St., Hartford, 
Conn. 

OLIVE L. PITKIN (Miss), So. Windsor, Conn. 
II. E. PITKIN (Mrs.). So. Windsor. Conn. 
HATTIE LOOMIS PRICE (Mrs.), Hill City, Tenn. 
LOUISE LOOMIS PHILLIPS (Mrs.), North East, 

CHAS. LOOMIS PENDLETON, Princeton, 111 

CLARA LOOMIS ROSS (Mrs.), 67 Wilson St.. 
Brooklvii, N. Y. 

MABEL LOOMIS REED (Mrs.), 149 W. 97 St., 
N. Y. City. 

MARTHA D. RICE (Miss), So. 
Mass. 

E. S. RISLEY (Mrs.), 38 Park 
Conn. 

EDITH M SHAILOR (Mrs.), Tylerville, Conn. 

MARGARET L. SCHLESINGER (Mrs.), Ware- 
house Point, Conn. 

GEORGE N. SLATER, Manchester. Conn. 

GEORGE E SELLER (Mrs.), Waterbury, Conn. 

H. A SIBLEY (Mks.), West Springfield, Mass. 

JENNIE B. SANTEE (Mrs.) 72 Niles St., Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

B. FRANK STEELE (Mrs.), 71 Thompson St., 
Springfield, Mass. 

JAY E. SPAULDING(Mrs.), 699 Main St., Win- 
sted, Conn. 
CHAS. CHELSEA TAINTOR, 584 Jefferson Ave., 

Elizabeth, N. J. 
GEORGE R. TAINTOR, 129 Washington St., 

Hartford, Conn. 
GERTRUDE LOOMIS TERRY (Miss), 611 Willis 

Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 
MABEL LOOMIS TODD (Mrs.), Observatory 

House, Amherst, Mass. 
CIIAS. E. THOMPSON, 51 Imlay St., Hartford, 

Conn. , . , 

ELIZA BROWN VINING (Miss), Southwick, 

Mass. 
PHILIP WADSWORTH (Mrs.), SufQeld, Conn. 
EDWARD LOOMIS WEBB, Higganum, Conn. 
T. S. WHEELOCK (Mrs.), 236 Sigourney St., 

Hartford, Conn. 
L. G WILEY, 171 Seymour St., Hartford, Conn. 
HARRIET LOOMIS WEBB (Miss), Utica, N. Y. 
EDWARD M. WILEY, 159 La Salle St , Chicago, 

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MARY ELIZ. WHITON (MR8.),Manchester,Conn. 



Desceitaants of 3o$epb Coonii$— 1639 

The Loomises of America have traced their ancestry back to John Loomis, of 
Braintree, England, born sometime before 1570, and have a copy of his will dated 
April 14, 1619. The common ancestor in America is the pioneer Joseph Loomis 
who settled at Windsor, Connecticut, 1639, and was the only son of said John Loomis. 
The original homestead of said Joseph Loomis has never been owned by any person 
except a Loomis, and on the estate stands the stone which marks the tirst English 
settlement -in Connecticut. Dr. Elias Loomis' works on Genealogy contain the 
names of over 28,000 persons who are descendants of our pioneer Joseph Loomis, 
and a copy of the Loomis Genealogy of 1875 is now so rare a volume that it cannot 
be purchased. The extensive work of revising this precious heirloom and com- 
pleting it to 1906 is now in process. If you know of any notable deed, unique dis- 
covery or invention, or historical action or document, due to a Loomis, or Loomis 
descendant, report it at once. Every Loomis, or Loomis descendant, in the world 
ought to send the lineage of himself and the genealogical data for his family, at once, 
to Elisha S. Loomis, chief annalist of the Loomis Genealogical Association, Berea, 

Ohio. 

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